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How to Teach Letter Sounds: 7 Simple Steps for ...

Wendy Pedersen

Seven simple, hands-on steps to teach your child letter sounds at home, from a Montessori-trained teacher with 35+ years of experience.

How to Teach Letter Sounds: 7 Simple Steps for ...

Wendy Pedersen

Seven simple, hands-on steps to teach your child letter sounds at home, from a Montessori-trained teacher with 35+ years of experience.

Sight Words vs. Phonics: What Beginning Readers...

Wendy Pedersen

Should your child memorize sight words or learn phonics? Why beginning readers need phonics first, and the few sight words that matter early.

Sight Words vs. Phonics: What Beginning Readers...

Wendy Pedersen

Should your child memorize sight words or learn phonics? Why beginning readers need phonics first, and the few sight words that matter early.

4 questions to ask yourself when looking for the best phonic program for your child

4 questions to ask yourself when looking for th...

Wendy Pedersen

When your child is ready to learn to read, you will want the best phonic program available! But it might be a challenge just to know where to begin. Here...

4 questions to ask yourself when looking for th...

Wendy Pedersen

When your child is ready to learn to read, you will want the best phonic program available! But it might be a challenge just to know where to begin. Here...

What are the best books for emergent readers?

What are the best books for emergent readers?

Wendy Pedersen

The best books for emergent readers are short, decodable books with very few sight words and no pictures to guess from. Here is what to look for, and how to...

What are the best books for emergent readers?

Wendy Pedersen

The best books for emergent readers are short, decodable books with very few sight words and no pictures to guess from. Here is what to look for, and how to...

4 great ideas to help your child to engage with their phonics story

4 great ideas to help your child to engage with...

Wendy Pedersen

Your child is sitting down with a phonics story and you can tell that it’s just not holding their interest. You really want them to work on their phonics, but...

4 great ideas to help your child to engage with...

Wendy Pedersen

Your child is sitting down with a phonics story and you can tell that it’s just not holding their interest. You really want them to work on their phonics, but...

Phonics Books for Kindergarten: 4 Tips for Choosing the Right Ones

Phonics Books for Kindergarten: 4 Tips for Choo...

Wendy Pedersen

The best phonics books for kindergarten are decodable: few sight words, words your child can sound out, and no pictures to guess from. Four tips for choosing them.

Phonics Books for Kindergarten: 4 Tips for Choo...

Wendy Pedersen

The best phonics books for kindergarten are decodable: few sight words, words your child can sound out, and no pictures to guess from. Four tips for choosing them.